Agrisius epidela Orhant, 2015

Volynkin, Anton V. & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2022, Taxonomic review of the Agrisius guttivitta Walker species group with transfer of the genus Agrisius Walker to the family Nolidae Bruand and descriptions of five new species (Lepidoptera: Nolidae: Eligminae), Zootaxa 5190 (2), pp. 241-256 : 245

Agrisius epidela Orhant, 2015

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Agrisius epidela Orhant, 2015 , Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de Mulhouse, 71(4): 56, figs 3, 5 (Type locality: “Chine [ China], Tibet, Bo-Mi county, Deba ”).

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 23.0 mm in the holotype male ( Orhant 2015). The species is externally most similar to A. kachina but differs in the shorter streaks in the medial area of the forewing, and the larger discal spot. Compared to A. cernyi , A. epidela is larger in size and has shorter streaks in the medial area of the forewing, a narrower dark suffusion on the forewing veins distally, and a more intense suffusion on the hindwing veins. The male genital capsule of A. epidela differs from the aforementioned congeners in the longer branches of the uncus, the longer and thicker dorsal process of the sacculus, and the shorter and thinner ventral process of the sacculus. The phallus of A. epidela has a relatively long and narrow carina whereas it is conspicuously shorter and thicker in both congeners. The basal chamber of the vesica of A. epidela is broader than in A. cernyi and A. kachina . The distal diverticulum of A. epidela is not everted in the holotype preparation ( Fig. 32 ) and therefore could not be compared with A. cernyi and A. kachina .

Distribution. The species is known only from its type locality in south-eastern Xizang, China.

Figures

FIGURES 1–10. Agrisius spp.: adults. Depositories of the specimens: 1 and 2 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 3–7 in MWM/ZSM; 8 in coll. J. Orhant (after Orhant (2015)); 9 in WIGJ; 10 in CAV.

FIGURES 27–32. Agrisius spp.: male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 21 in SZMN; 28–31 in MWM/ZSM. 32 in coll. J. Orhant (after Orhant (2015)).